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Cotyledons, Stems and Buds

by Kate Haralson and the Martins

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1.
Apple Seed 02:09
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I ate a little apple seed Make it grow inside of me Grow into a big big tree You've got so many things to be And it's never a good time to go No, it's never a good time to go Oh, sunshine, water, ground Sunshine, water, ground Let your roots grow down Sunshine, water, ground Scream into the world above Breaking through the dirt and mud Cotyledons, stems, and buds Skin, muscles, bones, and blood And it's never a good time to go No, it's never a good time to go No, never never never a good time son never a good time to go. Oh sunshine, water, ground Sunshine, water, ground Let your roots grow down Sunshine, water, ground
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Front Porch Dreams 02:50
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I'm a front porch dream, paper doll, epitaph I'm the empty passenger seat and the instant photograph And all I can feel is your rain on my cheek And all I can see is your heart on your sleeve But you cover it well, darling, you cover it well Protect it from everyone Protect it from everyone I'm the ghost of a lover, forgotten engagement ring I'm a dried yellow rose the book is still pressing Maybe you couldn't have me, but neither could anyone else Then all I can break are promises to myself But you break them all darling, oh you break them all You break them for everyone You break them for everyone And this is how I give And this how I take And this how I live And this is how I wake And this is how I'm real And this is how I'm fake And this is how I feel And this is how I break And this is how I give And this is how i take And this is how I feel And this is how I break And this is how. This is how. This is how.
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Full of Stones 03:05
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Take the candy from the bank just to make my pockets feel heavy Fill my purse full of stones so I don't float away Singing prayers to a god so I don't die lonely Eat my bread with honey just cuz I like that way Don't worry bout the words they say Everyone will listen up anyway Don't worry bout the words they say Everyone will listen up anyway Hold the flame to the wick just to light up this cave Pump the blood through the veins just to feel at all Hold my heart in your hand, maybe I can't be saved Maybe we are the ones who must take the fall Don't worry bout the words they say Everyone will listen up anyway Don't worry bout the words they say Everyone will listen up anyway Anyway.
4.
Cruel Game 05:23
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It's a cruel game you play with me You put the keys to this cell just out of reach It's a cruel game you play with me I bought a brand new telescope and not a sight to see It's a cruel game you play with me You wrote a thousand love letters not addressed to me It's a cruel game you play with me I'm growing in an inch of water I wish you'd have known she was your daughter It's a cruel game you play with me I'm here at the altar with no wedding ring It's a cruel game you play me.
5.
This Is Not For You 04:14
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You take of your daytime face You put me in your place This has all been such a waste The lines under your eyes Should have been no surprise That I'm the sacrifice When you walk away I'm infecting your thoughts But no one could have bought Oh the love that you sought Take a little break Oh it's for your own sake Cuz you can't eat and have your cake When you walk away This is not for you After all you put me through It's the least you can do Is just walk away.
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Marriage, Part 1 03:35
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We can take it outside, it's too small in here We can take it to a priest, a prophet, or seer But I know I know it's too much too fast too little to last love We're two ships that pass Barely brushing the masts If I gave you a family would you stick around? The third leg of life on uneven ground But I know I know It's too much too fast Too little to last We're two ships that pass Barely brushing the masts love All I can give is this house called a home This plaster and stone This cheap wooden dome Hope cast in bone Maybe it's enough, what we've made ourselves here Strip away the facade, just screws, cogs, and gears But I know, I know That you never asked But I patched all the crack We're overspent and taxed But it's enough to last
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Marriage, Part 2 03:12
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Maybe it's time To hang out to dry The clothes on the line This dirty laundry of mine And maybe you see The window in me So let in the light Just four panes from free This is the day, I'm making my way I'm making my way The things we've amassed The ghosts from the past The answer is yes You don't have to ask After all these years Sentiments remain Been watching awhile I spotted the train This is the day, I'm making my way I'm making my way I can relate To squirrels in the spring Dig up your treasures The ground is giving I'll hoard promises Wishes and dreams The seed is a sprout The brown is now green
8.
Pushing Back 02:25
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I don't care enough about this song to type out the lyrics.
9.
Glasses 03:07
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Want to be glasses, I want to see where you go Want to be church bells I want to drift in your window Want to be roses I want to follow you into the ground Want to be voices I want to feel you in the sound Take all of me Take all of me Nothing comes for free So you just breathe in me Want to be water I want to roll the length of your skin Want to be curtains I want to keep your darkness in Want to be ice cubes I want to catch the tip of your tongue Want to be bar smoke I want to sink deep lungs Take all of me Take all of me Nothing comes for free So you just breathe in me
10.
Long Drive Home 03:55
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It's a long drive home From the bottom of Kentucky And though I know I'm wrong Well I don't wanna, you can't make me And these lines I draw Well they don't mean much to you anyway So I'm a proverb and a psalm And I promise it will be okay And I promise Well the ride is awful quiet And radio is singing loud And though you broke it, you won't buy it I'm just a trinket to forget about And these lines I draw They don't mean much to you anyway So I'm a proverb and a psalm And I promise it will be okay And I promise And the hills rush by And the trees offer their sympathies And the honesty of the sky Tells me no more of this make believe And these lines I draw They don't mean much to you away So I'm a fixture and a flaw And I won't have it any other way I won't have it.
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Supernova 04:07
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There's a little part of the sky that shines for you It shines all through night And there's a little part of my brain that burns for you It burns like a hanging satellite And I swear I can see Mars There's a little part of that you won't leave me now Just go, I'll be fine There's a little part of me that doesn't care I know you were never mine I swear you won't get too far All the stars aligned, and you thought I was the one All the tides entwined, and they washed away the sun No more could we see the barrel for the gun But maybe, just maybe that's how the battle's won Supernova, baby, at the speed of light Atoms, molecules, such a pretty sight Swallow all around you, no more a star

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Five years, one wedding, and two babies later.

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released September 29, 2016

Liz Martin. All of the credits to Liz Martin. Also Mitch Haralson and Bethany Weber for carrying all our shit.

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